It’s amazing to me you can say shit and asshole on basic cable now.
You can say anything on basic cable, it’s not FCC-regulated. It’s Always Sunny aired two episodes with uncensored “fucks,” one of which also included uncensored C-, N-, and F-words (the other F-word). Taboo was aired in the US on FX completely uncensored, with multiple “fucks” and worse in every episode, and Mr. Robot airs uncensored episodes now and again, too.
On cable, it’s all about what the advertisers are okay with. If you can get enough advertisers to fill out your hour or half hour without censoring anything, you’re good to go. No FCC fines or anything involved.
Adult Swim used to bleep out shit but doesn’t anymore. Some older AS shows had oodles of fake cursing such as Sealab 2021. You could hear the unbleeped versions on DVD.
I was taken aback at some rather graphic humping on some TNT series I saw a minute or two of while flipping channels. (I think it only airs at night though.) The MPAA used to be pretty anal retentive about that kind of suggestive body grinding even in a film aiming for an R rating.
Nudity seems to be another boundary that’s getting pushed further as well. Although I don’t think well see any actual naughty bits on basic cable anytime soon.
The irony is these channels still air edited for tv feature films that have been made less explicit than the original tv shows they are airing.